What mood does the author create at the beginning of the story "Marigolds"? Support your answer with words and phrases from the text.

The famous quote "the jungle is dark but full of diamonds" could be alluding to death. question 1 options: a) true b) false

Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march. then, in 1958, when he was nine, his mother got a job as a dental assistant – and a raise. at about the same time, wash got a job, too. six days a week for eight years, he woke up by four o'clock in the morning to deliver milk. by the time he got to school each day, he'd already put in almost half a day's work. how does this excerpt readers make a personal connection to the story? by connecting readers to his mother’s medical training by connecting readers to the milk-delivery business by connecting readers to wash’s academic success by connecting readers to wash’s daily work routine

In the poem which word in stanza 5 provides a hint to the meaning of the word gloating?